[TriLUG] Teaching Kids to Program

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

I am getting the feeling python is going to be the leader in this.  Not
just in part how many people here are probably also on the Python mailing
list.

Dare I revisit the IDE part of the question.  One of the ones I have played
with is NinjaIDE which looks pretty good for Python.  I personally use
Geany, Sublime, and VIM.  I know the merits of staying away from an IDE and
I really just use Geany as a multitab context aware text editor.  In short
a sublime replacement.

Ken

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:16 AM, John Vaughters via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> +1 on Python
> The Sugar linux distribution by sugar labs used python as a learning
> platform. I think the interpretive environment makes a great learning tool
> to uncomplicate the compiling issues that really are not necessary to learn
> programming is a great path. On top of that, Python is exploding as a
> programming language and I have seen it mentioned in plenty of job
> descriptions.
> In Short, Python is easy to learn and powerful enough for growth. I do not
> see BASIC having this advantage.
> John Vaughters
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